She wasn't sure she'd get someone she loved, but she was glad that Porthos had that in his arrangement. Friends, she thought she had. Loved, well, that was a different matter. Love required a huge amount of trust and truth and she just wasn't sure she could offer that to anyone.

"I do. I focus on defensive moves, not offensive," she explained, though he might have been able to see that if he'd watched enough of the class. "It goes with the not hurting innocents - and helping them not to be hurt."